Murrami

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 271 people in Murrami of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Murrami was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 35.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.0% of the population.

Of people in Murrami aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murrami was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Murrami, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murrami was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Murrami 38.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.6% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murrami were Australian 45.2%, English 25.8%, Italian 12.3%, Scottish 5.2% and Irish 4.0%.

In Murrami, 96.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.1%.

In Murrami, 89.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murrami were Catholic 32.5%, Anglican 27.3%, No Religion 15.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.0% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Murrami 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.5% and Russian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 119 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murrami. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murrami, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murrami was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Murrami were Managers 42.5%, Labourers 14.2%, Professionals 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Murrami, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 31.9%, Poultry Farming 5.9%, School Education 5.0%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murrami was $491.

In Murrami, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 54.2%, Car, as passenger 8.5% and Walked only 4.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murrami, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.5% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Murrami, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murrami, 47.1% were couple families with children, 27.9% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In Murrami 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murrami, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,042 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Murrami, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 30.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murrami, 72.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murrami, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Murrami, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murrami, 36.0% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Murrami, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Murrami, 42.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Murrami, 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murrami, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 50.0%) were male and 14 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Murrami, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,949.

In Murrami, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $65 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.